I sleep earlier than most people. With these earplugs at hand, I never needed to complain to my flatmates when they talk or watch movies next to my bedroom. Clean with handsoap.
I tried the noise cancelling headphones of my friends to suppress distraction from colleagues talking in an open office. I did not like the noise cancelling enough to be willing to pay for it, because it generated soft noise by itself. In combination with a gentle rain noise or music I can not understand even conversations nearby. Good sound quality. Currently in use for video calls.
I wanted a cheap and easy-to-carry timer and not pay for features like a GPS tracker or heartrate measurement. Watches seem often too big for me but this one fits comfortably. If aestetics is important to you, try to find something else.
I eat a lot of bread with peanut butter and good peanut butter is hard to get in Switzerland, where I live. Lots of calories per money spent, but no added sugar. A kg lasts me for a while. (H/t my flatmates)
Re: footrest
I’m also pretty short and I can relate to the problems with the footrest. The best footrest I’ve used so far is a folded not-so-soft blanket (in home office, so not wearing shoes). The storage box you’re recommending would be a another good idea in my employer’s office. I got myself a desk with height-adjustable legs but my chair cannot go lower, the blanket is for the last few centimeters.
Ironically, I got a decent footrest using a stack of flattened Hello Fresh meal boxes. The meals were more valuable for my flatmate than for me.
I have no good experiences with footrests that are made to be footrests: not stable, too high, don’t fit between the legs of my chair—my feet end up everywhere except there they are supposed to be.
Thank you for recommending the cooling gel mat. If heat turns out a problem in my new bedroom, I might give it a try.
My recommendations (not sure how useful they are, I realize some are quite specific for my lifestyle):
cleanable earplugs for sleeping.
I sleep earlier than most people. With these earplugs at hand, I never needed to complain to my flatmates when they talk or watch movies next to my bedroom. Clean with handsoap.
noise-isolating headphones in the bad old days working in an open office.
I tried the noise cancelling headphones of my friends to suppress distraction from colleagues talking in an open office. I did not like the noise cancelling enough to be willing to pay for it, because it generated soft noise by itself. In combination with a gentle rain noise or music I can not understand even conversations nearby. Good sound quality. Currently in use for video calls.
swiffer staubmagnet (“dust magnet”)
Looks nonsense but works. I don’t hate dust cleaning anymore. (H/t my flatmates)
sports watch for running
I wanted a cheap and easy-to-carry timer and not pay for features like a GPS tracker or heartrate measurement. Watches seem often too big for me but this one fits comfortably. If aestetics is important to you, try to find something else.
IKEA wooden step
to reach the upper kitchen shelf. Nicely stable but light enough to lift it and take it to wherever I need it. (H/t my flatmates)
100% peanut butter
I eat a lot of bread with peanut butter and good peanut butter is hard to get in Switzerland, where I live. Lots of calories per money spent, but no added sugar. A kg lasts me for a while. (H/t my flatmates)
Re: footrest
I’m also pretty short and I can relate to the problems with the footrest. The best footrest I’ve used so far is a folded not-so-soft blanket (in home office, so not wearing shoes). The storage box you’re recommending would be a another good idea in my employer’s office. I got myself a desk with height-adjustable legs but my chair cannot go lower, the blanket is for the last few centimeters.
Ironically, I got a decent footrest using a stack of flattened Hello Fresh meal boxes. The meals were more valuable for my flatmate than for me.
I have no good experiences with footrests that are made to be footrests: not stable, too high, don’t fit between the legs of my chair—my feet end up everywhere except there they are supposed to be.